Shoe-last-securing means.



J. W. FEE 64 D. MOREY.

SHOE LAST SECURING MEANS, APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16. m8.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919 JOSEPH W. FEE AND DOUGLAS MOREY, OE'BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

SHOE-LA ST -SECURING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, was;

Application filed August is, 1918. 7 Serial No. 250,11i.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OSEPH W. Fan and DOUGLAS Molnar, citizens of the United States, residing at Bristol, in thecounty of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Last-Securing Means, of'which the fol- "lowing is a specification.

his "vention relates to certain new and useful nnprovements in shoe last securing means and pertains more partlcularly to means for securing the lasts to the shoe ban,

Heretofore, and especially in rubber shoe manufacture, the last has a pair of holes bored therein and the shoe bar has a corresponding number of pins for each last. The shoe bar commonly carries a number of lasts, depending upon the size of the shoe to be made. After completing the work on the shoe the operative sets the lasts upon the pins of the shoe bar. Thebar with the last and shoe is subjected to proper temperature to cure the same. This pin and hole securer nent has been found to be objectionable, since the pins are frequently bent or broken and the holes in the last become worn from frequent use, and consequently in placing the shoe bar in the curing oven the lasts frequently slip off of the pins and spoil the work in addition to involving a loss of time and trouble in replacing the lasts on the bar.

The present invention therefore aims to overcome the objections noted and briefly resides in the provision of a spring or equivalent clasp or clip, or other device which is rigidly secured to the last and which snaps over the shoe bar, thereby not only eliminating the formation of holes in the last with consequent weakening of same but to the contrary preserving'full strength of the last with the addition of such reinforcement as the clip or clasp can be said to afford.

The invention also possesses the additional advantage that the shoe bar has its full strength preserved in that it is not necessary to bore holes in the same for the securement' of the pins above mentioned.

Further and other objects will be later set forth and of themselves manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention applied to a last, the latter being shown in fragment.

Fig.- 2 is a side elevation showing the shoe.

bar in section.

gig. 3 is a similar view of a modification, Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 3. In proceeding in accordance With-- ti present invention aclasp or clip isproyfided havlng a fiat base 1 rigidly securedeby,

screws 2 to the flat end of the neck ofa last L. One end of the clasp, which latter is formed of a strip of spring metal, is bentat right angles at 3, and then extended wardly at 4 to lie parallel to base '1 While":

7 the other end of the strip is curved at 5 to lie at substantially right angles to base I 1 and has its end rolled or curled or beaded at 6 so as to provide a finger grip and also to allow the clasp to be easily snapped over and removed from the shoe bar B. As shownin Fig. 2 the jaw provided by the parts 3 and 4 is first slipped over one side edge of the shoe bar with the last occupying the position shown in dotted lines, following which the last is forced downwardly to cause the bead 6 to ride over and snap under the opposite side edge of the shoe bar. The

last is thus held in a secure manner and can of alined notches or cut-outs 7 in its oppo- These notches are arrangedsite side edge. at spaced predetermined intervals through out the effective length of the shoe bar sothat the lasts will be properly located at desired spaced interv ls along the length of the shoe bar. A sl htly modified form of the clasp is employed in Figs. 3 and4 having a base 1' and parts 3-4 corresponding to the parts 3 and 4 in the preferred form of the invention, while the other end of the metal strip is turned at direct right angles at 8 and is formed with an inclined part 9 provided with an inturned terminal 10 forming a beveled nose or catch proper which is, we

adaptedto snap over the bar B.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, it will be apparent that the bases of the clips are of less length than in instances where the shoe bar is not notched, as shown in Fig. 2, so that in the modified form the clips will engage the end walls formed by the cutouts 7; and thus be held against longitmlinal movement alon the length of the shoe bar.

Having thus escribed ourinvention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a shoe bar, and a last, aspring clip rigidl secured to the top end of the last neck and having a pair of jaws formed by bending its ends, said jaws being formed so as to snap over the. bar and to engage over the opposite side edges thereof.

2. In combination with a shoe bar, and a last, a spring clip rigidly secured to the last and having means on its ends to engage over opposite slde edges of the bar.

3. In combination with a shoe bar and a last, spring means carried by the last for removable engagement with opposite side edges of the bar.

4. In combination with a shoe bar, and; a last, means carried by the last for engagement with opposite side edges of the bar to allow the last to be secured to and removed from the bar.

5. In combination with a shoe bar, and a last, means formed to snap over opposite side edges of the bar to removably secure t be last thereto.

G. In combination with a shoe bar having a, series of pairs'of cut-outs formed in its opposite side edges, a last, and means carried by the last to engage over opposite side edges of the bar and in said cut-outs.

7. In combination with a shoe bar having a series of pairs of cut-outs formed in its opposite side edges, a last, and a spring clip secured to the last. and having jaws on its ends to engage over the opposite side edges of the bar in said cut-outs, and to engage the end walls formed by the cut-outs to prevent longitudinal movement. of the last along the length of the bar.

8. In combination with a shoe bar having a series of pairs of cut-outs formed in its opposite side edges, a last. and means to secure the last to the bar engageable in said cutouts.

9. In combination with a shoe-bar having flat unobstructed faces, a last, and means engageable with opposite side edges of the bar to removably secure the last thereto.

. In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH \V. FEE. DOUGLAS MORICY.

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